"Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)

"Untitled" is a work of art by Félix González-Torres, currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, United States. The work is one of the twenty "candy works" in Gonzalez-Torres' oeuvre. The candy works consist of hard candies, either in piles or spread around, made to “symbolize the body, as both an inescapable mortal entity and a social force known as the ‘body politic.’” according to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. These pieces are manifestable; the artworks are not physically permanent, they can exist in more than one place at a time and can vary from one installation to the next in response to the decisions made by the exhibitor, the interactions of audiences, and changing circumstances. This candy work has an ideal weight of 175 pounds (79 kg), representing González-Torrés' partner Ross Laycock, who died due to complications from AIDS in 1991.